Lord Of the Flies

Discussion 4 (Ch 9-10)
  • Simon wakes up and realizes that the dead pilot with the parachute is the "beast" and takes the pilot as proof for the boys that there is no beast
  • Ralph and Piggy take their tribe to go meet Jack's tribe and they end up dancing around on the beach
  • Simon comes onto the beach and Jack says that he's the beast so all the boys jump on Simon and kill him
  • Simon's body is washed away by the violent storm and waves
  • Most of the boys in Ralph's group go and join Jack's group
  • When Ralph and Piggy are at camp with fire and select few others, some of Jack's hunters come and beat them up and end up stealing Piggy's glasses so they can make fire
  • Jack is gaining more and more power, along with more group members. Jack views himself as king and makes some boys listen to him as servants. He also punishes some boys for no reason. POWER HUNGRY!
  • Religion... Simon = Christ?
  • Beast = FEAR! because Jack = Hitler
  • Ralph = common man...
  • ***Jack's beast is America's terrorism.

Discussion 3 (7-8)
  • Discussed character roles with Mr.Bundy:
  • Simon = Religion
  • Piggy = intellect, rules
  • Ralph = every man's man
  • Jack = Hitler?

Discussion 2 (Chp. 3 - 6)
  • Jack and his hunters are in charge of keeping the fire alive
  • Jack and the hunters are very set on killing the pig & everyone else believes there's a monster
  • Ralph is angry due to the lack of help around their community
  • Ralph uses the conch shell to call a meeting where he confronts everyone, esp. Jack, about their lack of help
  • Jack and his hunters finally kill the pig and are ecstatic, Jack strikes Piggy because he is always complaining
  • They ask for a sign from the adult-world and receive a dead parachuter from the sky
  • They believe that the monster is the reason for the persons death
  • They go out on a search for the monster

Discussion 1 (Chp. 1-2)
  • Plane crashed into the jungle
  • Pilot died
  • Boys alive, they were sent away from city to flee war
  • Ralph meets Piggy
  • Boys find and blow into conch shell
  • Other boys come to the sound of the shell
  • ages 6-12
  • Ralph voted as the leader over Jack, possible conflict
  • Ralph, Jack, and Simon travel to the top of the mountain and determine that there are actually no adults
  • While traveling back to the beach, they encounter a pig but aren't able to kill it